Family members are mourning the death of a 32-year-old man who was shot at his uncle’s house on
the East Side today.

William T. Stubbs was at the house of 46-year-old Thomas Stubbs when someone shot them both
just before 2 a.m., Columbus police said. William Stubbs was pronounced dead by medics shortly
after they arrived at the house at 396 Eldridge St.

Thomas Stubbs was shot in the arm and taken to Grant Medical Center, where he was treated and
released.

Later, he stood at Pembroke Avenue and Eldridge with other family members, still wearing a
hospital gown beneath a black T-shirt, waiting for his nephew’s body to be removed from his home.
He declined to speak with a reporter, as did William Stubbs’ fiancee.

William Stubbs had four children, ages 15 months to 11 years, said his aunt, Gina Scott. “He
was a great family man.”

How Stubbs died shocked his family, considering his anti-violence stance. He and friends
recently had shirts made that read “Killing is Wack!” to show their opposition to gun violence.

Foster brother Jay Kendrick, 31, said he spent his teenage years living with William Stubbs’
family. He remembered Stubbs as a supportive big brother. “No one deserves to be murdered or shot,”
Kendrick said. “But Will definitely didn’t deserve this.”